Clannad is an Irish musical group from Gaoth Dobhair (pronounced, Gwee-Dore), County Donegal, Ireland. Their music has been variously described as being folk music, new age, and Celtic. Clannad are Máire Ní Bhraonáin (Moya Brennan), Ciarán Brennan, Pól Brennan, Noel Duggan and Pádraig Duggan. Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya Brennan), Máire's sister, used to be a member of the group in the early Eighties. The band won a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best New Age Album. Read more on Last.fm

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‘Gavotten ar menez’ isn’t the name of that specific tune: it’s a breton generic term for ‘mountain gavotte’, ie; from the high plateaus(!) of central Finistère. (as in: ‘the Highland fling’)
It seems as if there’s very litte reliable information in English about Breton Dance, on the net. Try http://dansal.gwalarn.org/gavottemontagnes.html for an overview -in French- or publications by Jean-Michel and Yvon Guilcher for first hand -and first class!- accounts and theory.